Member of the Order of Canada
- Awarded on: May 11, 2018
- Invested on: March 14, 2019
Allan Steven Detsky, C.M.
Toronto, Ontario
Allan Detsky is a renowned health economics specialist in the areas of policy and clinical epidemiology. Professor at the University of Toronto, he has developed health care guidelines for improving patient outcomes through resource management. Notably, he developed the Guidelines for Economic Evaluation of Pharmaceuticals, which has formed the basis of practice for future national pharmaceutical reviews. The breadth of his expertise has led to the modernization of Canadian clinical policy and his publications have been issued in some of the world’s most prestigious journals.